Division of Nutritional Sciences - Field of Nutrition Seminars

Field of Nutrition Seminar

Fall 2006

Monday’s at 4:00 pm -- Savage 100 unless otherwise noted

http://www.nutrition.cornell.edu

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

Aug 28

Robert A. Waterland, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Epigenetic Regulation: Master of Genes, Student of Nutrition

[Introduction: Patrick Stover, host]

Sept 4

No Seminar – Labor Day

No Seminar

Sept 11

Jisook Moon, Ph.D. Candidate,

Nutrition [dissertation seminar]

Attention, Learning, Arousal Regulation & Inhibitory Control in Genetically Modified Mice: A Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome, Down Syndrome, & Alzheimer's Disease

[Introduction: Barbara Strupp]

Sept 18

Cyndi Thomson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, University of Arizona , Tucson , AZ

Dietary Interventions to Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence: Possible Efficacy and Proposed Mechanisms

[Introduction: Ray Glahn, host]

Sept 25

Purnima Menon, Ph.D.

Research Associate, DNS, Cornell

The Nutritional Impact and Cost Effectiveness of Preventive versus Recuperative Approaches to Targeting Food Assistance and Nutrition Education in Haiti .

[Introduction: J-P Habicht]

Oct 2

Susan Travis, Lecturer,

DNS, Cornell University [Ph.D. dissertation seminar]

How Mothers and Their Adolescent Athletic Daughters Manage Food and Healthy Eating

[Introduction: Carole Bisogni, mentor]

Oct 9

No Seminar -- Fall Break

No Seminar

Oct 16

Noa Noy, Ph.D.

Professor, DNS, Cornell

The Mysterious Yin/Yang Connection of Retinoic Acid to Cancer

[Introduction: Martha Stipanuk]

Oct 23

Marie Ruel, Ph.D.

International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington , DC

The role of Operations Research in Program Evaluation: Examples from Latin America and the Caribbean

[Introduction: Per Pinstrup-Andersen]

Oct 30

David Levitsky, Ph.D.

Professor, DNS, Cornell

Destroying Myths about Weight Control. [Introduction: Martha Stipanuk]

Nov 6

Joint Seminar with Community Nutrition
Barbara Rolls, Penn State , TBA

Understanding satiety and its role in weight management

11:15 AM in Savage 100

Nov 13

NO Seminar

Nov 20

Cindy Roy, PhD

Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Med School

The Iron Balancing Act: Hepcidin in Health and Disease Candidate for the Functional Mouse Genomics Asst Prof, DNS

Nov 27

NO Seminar

Dec 4

Valerie Reyna, Ph.D.

Professor, Human Development, Cornell

How People Make Real World Health Decisions that Involve Risk: Examples from Cancer and Health Risk Communication

[Introduction: Jamie Dollahite]

Updated: 11/22/06

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DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Aug 28	Robert A. Waterland, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX	Epigenetic Regulation: Master of Genes, Student of Nutrition [Introduction: Patrick Stover, host]
Sept 4	No Seminar – Labor Day	No Seminar
Sept 11	Jisook Moon, Ph.D. Candidate, Nutrition [dissertation seminar]	Attention, Learning, Arousal Regulation & Inhibitory Control in Genetically Modified Mice: A Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome, Down Syndrome, & Alzheimer's Disease [Introduction: Barbara Strupp]
Sept 18	Cyndi Thomson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Arizona , Tucson , AZ	Dietary Interventions to Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence: Possible Efficacy and Proposed Mechanisms [Introduction: Ray Glahn, host]
Sept 25	Purnima Menon, Ph.D. Research Associate, DNS, Cornell	The Nutritional Impact and Cost Effectiveness of Preventive versus Recuperative Approaches to Targeting Food Assistance and Nutrition Education in Haiti . [Introduction: J-P Habicht]
Oct 2	Susan Travis, Lecturer, DNS, Cornell University [Ph.D. dissertation seminar]	How Mothers and Their Adolescent Athletic Daughters Manage Food and Healthy Eating [Introduction: Carole Bisogni, mentor]
Oct 9	No Seminar -- Fall Break	No Seminar
Oct 16	Noa Noy, Ph.D. Professor, DNS, Cornell	The Mysterious Yin/Yang Connection of Retinoic Acid to Cancer [Introduction: Martha Stipanuk]
Oct 23	Marie Ruel, Ph.D. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington , DC	The role of Operations Research in Program Evaluation: Examples from Latin America and the Caribbean [Introduction: Per Pinstrup-Andersen]
Oct 30	David Levitsky, Ph.D. Professor, DNS, Cornell	Destroying Myths about Weight Control. [Introduction: Martha Stipanuk]
Nov 6		Joint Seminar with Community Nutrition Barbara Rolls, Penn State , TBA Understanding satiety and its role in weight management 11:15 AM in Savage 100
Nov 13	NO Seminar
Nov 20	Cindy Roy, PhD Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Med School	The Iron Balancing Act: Hepcidin in Health and Disease Candidate for the Functional Mouse Genomics Asst Prof, DNS
Nov 27	NO Seminar
Dec 4	Valerie Reyna, Ph.D. Professor, Human Development, Cornell	How People Make Real World Health Decisions that Involve Risk: Examples from Cancer and Health Risk Communication [Introduction: Jamie Dollahite]